Spring comes to the desperate place

Chapter 124

Aunt Zhou no longer cared whether it was reasonable or not. She quickly stepped forward, called out to Song Dazhuang, and kept saying that it was wrong, it was not that way.

Song Dazhuang and others were not familiar with the route, but Song Chunlin, who was accompanying them, knew it. He pulled his father and brother and asked them not to stop and to tell them that they were on the right path.

Since the second son said so, they must have gone to the right place. So Song Dazhuang and the others went straight to Zhou Ning's house without looking back, and ignored Aunt Zhou's calls.

Seeing them stop at the door of Zhou Ning's house, Aunt Zhou's face suddenly darkened. At this moment, how could she not see that the Song family was going to propose marriage to Zhou Ning.

In order to propose marriage for Zhou Ning, Song Dazhuang specially went to the capital to invite an official matchmaker. This official matchmaker came out of consideration for the Marquis's Mansion, otherwise he would not have accepted such an urgent order.

Aunt Wang brought Zhou Ning back last night without telling anyone. Even Aunt Zhou didn't know Zhou Ning was back. Now when she saw him come out to open the door, her eyes almost fell to the ground.

"Bah, a lowly little whore, how could he be worthy of that!" Aunt Zhou glared at Song Dazhuang and the others fiercely. She rolled her eyes and felt that she couldn't let Zhou Ning go like that, so she hurried to find her man back. She had to ask Uncle Zhou to come and support her. Zhou Ning was only worthy of marrying into the Feng family, and he couldn't be engaged to the Song family.

The matchmaker led the way, and Song Dazhuang and his son unloaded all the betrothal gifts from the car. In addition to the twenty taels of betrothal money, there was also a complete set of pure gold jewelry. When the box was opened, the golden light almost blinded everyone's eyes.

With the silver and gold jewelry, the bright red satin with embroidered patterns seemed to be somewhat dimmed.

When Zhou Ning's parents were still alive, they had already separated from Grandpa Zhou and Grandma Zhou, so Aunt Wang sat in the main seat and took the red cloth package handed over by the matchmaker, which contained the birth dates of Zhou Ning and Song Chunsheng, as well as the wedding date they had set.

There were three wedding dates in total. While Song Dazhuang was preparing, Aunt Wang was not idle either. She also asked someone to look at the dates, put the dates that the two families liked together, discussed with Song Dazhuang, and selected one of them, which was the eighth day of the second lunar month after the beginning of spring.

After choosing a date, Aunt Wang rewrapped the red cloth and took out one item from the betrothal gift sent by Song Dazhuang. When it came to the betrothal gift, she looked at the twenty neatly arranged silver ingots and her eyes felt a little hot. An ordinary farmer's family would give at most ten or eight taels of silver to marry a wife, but she didn't expect that the Song family would directly give twenty taels. She reached out and took out one of the ingots and wrapped it in red paper again as a return gift to the man.

Also included in the return gift were the shoes made by Zhou Ning. Because time was tight, except for Song Chunsheng's shoes, the rest were bought in town. Zhou Ning stayed up all night making shoes for Song Chunsheng.

The matchmaker smiled as he accepted the Zhou family's return gift on behalf of the Song family. From then on, the marriage was settled.

When Aunt Zhou was halfway there, she met Uncle Zhou who was hurrying back.

"Boss, you're finally back. The Song family is here to propose marriage to that little bitch Zhou Ning!"

"What? Not for our eldest girl?" Uncle Zhou was as dumbfounded as Aunt Zhou. He had heard that the Song family was coming towards their place, and someone on the road told him that the Song family asked where the Zhou family was when they entered the village, so everyone instinctively thought that the Song family was here to propose marriage to their eldest girl.

"You saw clearly that you really came to propose marriage to Zhou Ning?"

"I saw it clearly. Didn't you say that Zhou Ning was going to do something for the Feng family? If he is chosen by the Song family, what can we do to explain to the Feng family?"

Aunt Zhou was extremely anxious, but Uncle Zhou was calmer. He rushed to Zhou Ning's house with his wife, and amid the congratulations of the people around him, he shouted, "I don't agree!"

The lively atmosphere suddenly froze, and the villagers who were watching the excitement were all stunned. It seemed that they only then remembered the rumors about Zhou Ning that had been escalating in recent days.

Some people whispered, "Didn't Zhou Ning say that he and the eldest son of the Feng family in town were in love? Why is it that the Song family came to propose marriage today?"

"Yeah, I also heard that he and Dalang from the Feng family have already... done that." The man made a gesture with his hands, and the people around him all showed gossipy looks.

"Even though Ning Ge'er is like this, the Song family is still willing to marry her?"

An old lady couldn't stand it any longer. She was Zhou Ning's neighbor and had watched him grow up. How could she not know what kind of person Zhou Ning was? Now, hearing everyone slandering Ning Ge'er, she couldn't help but spit at those gossipers, "Bullshit, it's just some unfounded rumors. You have watched Ning Ge'er grow up since he was a child. How can you speak and act without thinking? Just because someone says shit is fragrant, do you eat it?"

After being criticized so harshly, several people were embarrassed and dared not say a word.

Uncle Zhou snorted coldly, took a step forward and saluted Song Dazhuang, but Song Dazhuang dodged with a frown.

Uncle Zhou's face darkened when he saw that his goal had not been achieved. He pointed at Zhou Ning and said, "Excuse me for being blunt, but this Ning girl has bad personal ethics. I'm afraid she can't be your Song family's daughter-in-law. Please take back your decision, brother."

When he said this, Aunt Wang, who had been accompanying Zhou Ning, jumped up. She was so angry that she picked up the broom at hand and hit Uncle Zhou.

"You are such a mindless bastard. I have never seen anyone who likes to make up stories about his own nephew so much. Stop pretending to be so righteous. Do you dare to say that it was not you, such a wicked thing, who spread these rumors about Ning'er? Do you dare to swear to heaven that you have nothing to do with this matter?"

Uncle Zhou was beaten by Aunt Wang. He hid and cried, but he still tried to argue: "He did such a shameful thing. Do I need to tell you? It's spread all over the place. Isn't she just a self-deprecating slut? Is it worth you spending so much money to marry her?"

Zhou Ning bit his lower lip in anger. Song Chunsheng and Song Chunlin looked at him worriedly. His body was shaky, as if it could be blown down by a gust of wind.

Seeing this, Song Chunlin hurried over to support his future sister-in-law and glared at Uncle Zhou who was still spreading rumors.

"You said so much about that great uncle, but do you have any evidence to prove that my sister-in-law really knew the eldest son of the Feng family?"

When Uncle Zhou saw that it was just a little kid who came forward, he looked down upon the Song family.

"Is there no one left in your Song family? You are the one who actually wants a baby like you to speak up."

Song Chunlin didn't care about the contempt in his words: "I am qualified to talk to you. You are not qualified to talk to my father and brother."

"You!" Uncle Zhou was furious. He stretched out his arm and wanted to slap the ungrateful brat in the face, but his hand stopped halfway in the air. Song Chunsheng grabbed his murderous hand with a cold face.

Song Chunlin was even more proud: "Humph, you weakling, you still want to hit me, Aunt Wang is right, you are not only stupid, but also immoral!"

The Song family came to their village to ask to marry the boy from their village, which was equivalent to being an honored guest. However, Uncle Zhou not only spread rumors about his nephew, but also wanted to slap the honored guests. Even the villagers who had previously doubted Zhou Ning's reputation began to feel resentful towards Uncle Zhou.

Seeing this, Song Chunlin took a step forward and said, "You said my sister-in-law has bad personal ethics. Then give me an example of what my sister-in-law has done that is bad personal ethics?"

Without waiting for Uncle Zhou to answer, Song Chunlin continued, "My eldest sister-in-law is diligent and honest. She usually works in the fields and stays at home as a maid. When she's done, she lets others take it to the town to sell it for money to supplement the family income. Tell me, how can she, who doesn't even go to the town, fall in love with the eldest son of the Feng family in the town? Did the eldest son of the Feng family see my eldest sister-in-law in a dream?"

"Besides, you said they were in love with each other, so why didn't the Feng family propose marriage? Or did they propose marriage, but not to my sister-in-law, but to you?"

After Song Chunlin said this, the villagers nearby also became suspicious.

"Yeah, didn't she say she was pregnant? I don't think Ning is pregnant."

"She's already pregnant but she still hasn't come to propose marriage. How can the Feng family let their own flesh and blood live out here?"

"Who knows, maybe they are just playing around."

"Will it become known to everyone if it's really played?"

"That's what his uncle said, how could it be false?"

"So what if he's my uncle? As soon as his parents died, they brought people to take away Ning's house and land. How could such an uncle really treat his nephew well?"

Uncle Zhou was choked by Song Chunlin's series of questions. Of course, he couldn't tell Song Chunlin that the Feng family really had no intention of proposing marriage. They wanted to make the rumors come true. By then, even if Zhou Ning was unwilling, he would have to bite the bullet and go to the Feng family. The Feng family didn't plan to give Zhou Ning a betrothal gift or anything. They were just going to give him something to get rid of him.

As for Uncle Zhou and Uncle Zhou Er, they naturally received a lot of benefits, which are now hidden at home.

However, these secrets should not be told to outsiders, so Uncle Zhou could only stiffen his neck and say, "Of course what happened between Zhou Ning and Dalang from the Feng family is true. Everyone says so, how could it be false? I advise you, kid, not to judge people by appearances. You can know a person's face but not his heart."

Song Chunlin didn't buy his nonsense. "Bah! Whoever brings it up must provide evidence. You said they had an affair. Did you see it with your own eyes? Did you see it, too? What about you? You didn't see it. You didn't see it, so why are you making such a fuss? You didn't see anything, but you're convinced that my sister-in-law has bad morals. Even the gods in heaven can't judge cases as well as you. You just talked a lot and you put the charge on her. You really are the judges of justice."

The villagers didn't know what the Qingtian Lord meant, but based on what he said, it didn't seem like a good thing, so they all looked embarrassed.

Uncle Zhou still wanted to argue, saying that he had indeed seen Zhou Ning having a secret meeting with Feng Jia Dalang with his own eyes, but he was immediately questioned by Song Chunlin.

"When and where did you see them meeting together? What did they say and do? What color clothes did they wear? Do you remember?"

How could Uncle Zhou remember? He was just making it up, so he kept saying, "I forgot. I was so scared at the time that I only saw them hugging each other."

At this time, Zhou Ning finally couldn't bear it anymore. He picked up the teacup on the table and poured a cup of cold tea on Uncle Zhou's face.

"Uncle, this is the last time I call you uncle. I have never done anything to let you down in these years. Today, in front of my parents' tablets, you should tell me how I had an affair with the eldest son of the Feng family. I have no memory of this incident, so let me hear if I did such an immoral thing in my dream."

Seeing Zhou Ning mention his deceased parents, Uncle Zhou felt unusually guilty. He had treated his nephew harshly over the years and had done so many bad things that he became more and more afraid of ghosts and gods. Facing the tablets of Zhou Ning's parents, he did not even dare to look up at them.

When everyone saw him like this, they felt more and more that it was Uncle Zhou who spread the rumor in order to make Zhou Ning marry the eldest son of the Feng family. Smart people also smelled some clues.

If this marriage with the Feng family is really so good, then why can't they just come and propose marriage openly, but instead do these despicable little things?

Thinking of what the Feng family had said, Uncle Zhou gritted his teeth and said in a tough manner: "In short, as long as I am still your elder, Brother Ning, I will not agree to your marriage with the Song family! Brother Song, please take your family's things back."

The official media, who was used to seeing many storms, came over with a smile to smooth things over. He patted Zhou Ning's shoulder gently, signaling him to relax and leave everything to him.

"This must be Ning'er's uncle, right? It is said that it is better to tear down ten temples than to ruin a marriage. The marriage between the Zhou and Song families has been settled. Both parties have exchanged engagement letters, matched their horoscopes, and set the wedding date. It cannot be changed. Why don't we have a drink together at the wedding time?" The matchmaker had a smile on his face, but the smile did not reach his eyes. He had seen all kinds of excellent relatives these days, but this was the first time he had seen someone like Uncle Zhou. It was really rare.

Uncle Zhou naturally didn't dare to respond. Asking him to attend Zhou Ning and Song Chunsheng's wedding would be more painful than killing him.

He changed his mind and thought, if the Song family insisted on marrying the Zhou family's brothers and daughters, wouldn't it be okay to change someone else?

Uncle Zhou changed his expression in an instant: "Brother Song, this Ning is an orphan. He is unlucky to marry. Besides, his reputation is ruined now. In my opinion, why don't you find a daughter-in-law from the Zhou family?"

When such absurd remarks were made, the whole audience fell silent, and even the official media were stunned.

Uncle Zhou must have gone crazy. He won't stop until he ruins his nephew's marriage.

Song Chunlin was furious at his uncle's wishful thinking. Did he think that the Zhou family was so popular? The person the Song family wanted to marry was Zhou Ning. How could he have anything to do with the Zhou family?

Aunt Zhou also jumped out at the right time and said, "Yes, yes, since they are all Zhou family members, it doesn't matter if it's not Zhou Ning, right? Otherwise, why not change her to our Daya? Our Daya is a famous beauty in the whole area. You won't suffer any loss if you marry her, Dalang of the Song family."